Summary:Sonic celebrates his 15th anniversary by blazing his way onto the next-generation consoles, with his first adventure set in the human world. Featuring interactive 3D environments and a large cast of returning and new characters, get ready for the reinvention of Sonic The Hedgehog, in hisSonic celebrates his 15th anniversary by blazing his way onto the next-generation consoles, with his first adventure set in the human world. Featuring interactive 3D environments and a large cast of returning and new characters, get ready for the reinvention of Sonic The Hedgehog, in his most intense, high velocity escapade to date. [Sega]…Expand

While it may please hardcore fans of the series with its addicting time-based action segments, it will surely alienate everyone else thanks to the abundance of non-Sonic elements: RPG town-wandering, additional less-enjoyable characters, and a god awful camera.

Not only are the voices horrible, as is the case for most Sonic games, but the story makes very little sense. It’s like if you took any basic Nintendo story like Mario saving the Princess, lengthened it to several hours long, and filled it with mindless details that make no logical sense at all.

I could've dealt with the much-lauded adventure elements, subpar graphics--even that clown Shadow--but the bottom line is that this feels more like some hack job created by a bunch of Sega interns as opposed to a game from a competent developement studio. [Jan. 2007, p.95]

The consistently poor controls of Sonic’s 3D outings make it seem like Sonic Team has convinced itself that this is how this aspect of the franchise should rightly be, and everyone else should just learn to deal with it. [Christmas 2006, p.82]

I got this game and since I got it I never stopped playing it .! I think it is a great game .It takes a long time to beat it .but it is reallyI got this game and since I got it I never stopped playing it .! I think it is a great game .It takes a long time to beat it .but it is really awesome.…Expand

One of the better games of 2006, right with Saints Row. It has good gameplay, and astonishing graphics. It's not too broken, only with anOne of the better games of 2006, right with Saints Row. It has good gameplay, and astonishing graphics. It's not too broken, only with an occasional wall clip. And, they couldve made the story a little better. It's fine,though. I think you should play it!…Expand

I honestly don't get the hate for this game, I always thought that this entry for the series was at the very least, alright. I never knew thatI honestly don't get the hate for this game, I always thought that this entry for the series was at the very least, alright. I never knew that the hate got to "worst game ever" territory. So, I'm here to try and change that mentalilty.

So, my thoughts are split into 3 categories. Gameplay, Story, and my Overall Thoughts. Now that's out of the way, let's go!

Gameplay: I thought that the levels had amazing design for the most part. Wave Ocean's nice mix of staged events, and good placement make it one, if not the best, 3D Sonic stages in terms of design.
My thoughts on the levels aren't all good though. Let me just say one thing. Silver's Dusty Desert.
So, in conclusion for that topic, the level design and gameplay get a 9/10.

Story: I really don't see any plot-holes. I think that the story is movie worthy, and could be the plot of the actual Sonic Movie. I'm not going to give a synopsis here, but I do like, nay, LOVE this story. I give it a nice 8.5/10.

Overall Thoughts: The game doesn't deserve the hate it gets, although I see where people come from when they say that the game is bad. I totally get that. In my honest opinion, I think it's just a flawed game with big potential, and as of 2017, a small following of it's own. Unlike a certain other infamous Sonic game. So, my overall score is up at the top. I like it alot.…Expand

Wow... wow... I knew this game was bad, but it didn't know it was this bad. Sonic the Hedgehog is so unfinished it's laughable. How the hellWow... wow... I knew this game was bad, but it didn't know it was this bad. Sonic the Hedgehog is so unfinished it's laughable. How the hell can you glitch through levels? I know there are lot more bugs but that's just laziness right there. And don't get me started on Silver. The reason I gave it a little credit, because of the music, and how great it looks for 2006. Other than that, bin this POS.…Expand

THIS is the worst game ever loading times bad story and THE BUGS
the only good thing is the music tracks i have the ps3 version btw
i gotTHIS is the worst game ever loading times bad story and THE BUGS
the only good thing is the music tracks i have the ps3 version btw
i got this on xmas of 2015 i wanted ist btw…Expand

This game sucks, all of you should know that SA2 Battle is way, way better then this game. Sonic on the xbox 360 is a joke and you all should This game sucks, all of you should know that SA2 Battle is way, way better then this game. Sonic on the xbox 360 is a joke and you all should be sad how Sega rushed this game and how 4kids done the stupid voice acting.…Expand